On Sunday 19 December 2004 16:21, Gerald S wrote: > JAC, awesome info...it is really helping. But theoretically, a > solution that used an analog HD capture solution would get around the > encrypted channel issue, correct? I know the firewire connection > would have better quality, reamaining digital, but likely be > encrypted. > > I would think that as HD PVR gets more popular, more cable companies > will start encyrpting the signal. So the work around would be using > the analog HD signal to do the recording, right? Most people talk > about firewire coming out (digital), and not component video > (analog), what direction do you think it is heading? Being with Time > Warner, I know that they probably have (or will have) every channel > encypted (and only unencrypt the commercials:) so the hope of using > firewire for me will be small.
Again, AFAIK, there is no consumer-level HD analog capture solution. You can't capture HD over composite or S-Video, and a component video capture card would cost > $USD 1000. So, *theoretically*, yes, an HD component video capture solution would get around the encryption issue, in the same way that composite/svideo capture currently gets around the encryption issue for SD (NTSC) digital cable content. However, an analog HD capture solution would require that your PC (or capture card) re-encode the raw analog video frames into a digital form, which would require some serious horsepower. Think about it: it takes a 2-3 GHz P4 just to *decode* HD content for playback; to *encode* it in real time would take quite a bit more than that. A hardware encoder card that would handle HD content would like be several thousand dollars. It's just not likely to be a viable or cost-effective solution any time soon. -JAC _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
